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Star Tribune 100

The Star Tribune 100 is a measure of the largest publicly held companies with headquarters in Minnesota ranked by revenue. Data presented also include each company's total profits from continuing operations, assets and market capitalization. The research excludes closely held companies, which usually do not disclose financial data; cooperatives and fraternal benefits organizations, and local over-the-counter stocks.

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Stories

In the black, but blue

2007 was a good year for Minnesota's largest companies -- but not necessarily for their investors, as economic anxiety left stock prices depressed. More...

Minnesota companies stay upbeat

Bruised but not bowed: Minnesota companies plan to press ahead with investment and hiring. More...

2008 Star Tribune 100 Survey Questions

The mail survey was conducted by Star Tribune researchers in February and March and was sent to 141 publicly held Minnesota-based companies. Sixty companies responded for a response rate of 43 percent. Not all companies responded to all questions. Overall the views appear to represent the different industries in the state but might underrepresent the views of larger companies. More...

This year's bottom is truly a bust.

Trouble down below: Small cap stocks swamped by economy, markets turmoil. More...

Evolution

Private equity deals, industry consolidation and M&A activity plucked companies off the Star Tribune 100 last year. IPOs and old-fashioned growth allowed others to join the club. More...

Contributing by category

Among Minnesota's 100 biggest public companies, financial services firms contributed the most profits in 2007, followed by manufacturing and health care. Retail and service firms accounted for the biggest portion of sales and the most jobs. The state's most valuable firms, as measured by market capitalization, are in manufacturing.

Market performance

Minnesota's biggest publicly traded companies added sales and profits, but market value fell 8.4 percent.

Market Performance
Revenue
Profits
Assets
Market capitalization
Employees
Highlight industries Retail Overlay Health Overlay Financial Overlay Manufacturing Overlay Energy Overlay IT Overlay
Company Ticker Symbol 2008 Rank 2008 market capitalization
(in mil.)		 2007 Rank 2007 market capitalization
(in mil.)		 1-year rank change 1-year percent change 2008 percent return on equity
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U.S. Bancorp USB 1 56,701.0 2 62,083.7 +1 -8.7
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3M Co. MMM 2 55,905.4 4 55,841.3 +2 0.1
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Medtronic Inc. MDT 3 53,624.6 3 56,392.1 0 -4.9
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Mosaic Co. MOS 4 44,212.1 11 11,735.8 +7 276.7
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH 5 43,360.4 1 71,562.3 -4 -39.4
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Target Corp. TGT 6 40,855.0 5 51,300.2 -1 -20.4
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Travelers Companies Inc. TRV 7 29,775.9 6 35,009.4 -1 -14.9
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General Mills Inc. GIS 8 19,931.3 8 19,991.1 0 -0.3
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Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY 9 17,182.1 7 23,580.7 -2 -27.1
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St. Jude Medical Inc. STJ 10 14,816.9 10 12,926.2 0 14.6
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Ameriprise Financial Inc.
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 AMP 11 11,699.7 9 13,706.5 -2 -14.6
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Ecolab Inc. ECL 12 10,629.6 12 10,707.1 0 -0.7
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. CHRW 13 9,241.0 14 8,235.9 +1 12.2
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Xcel Energy Inc. XEL 14 8,501.4 13 10,148.9 -1 -16.2
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Fastenal Co. FAST 15 6,761.1 16 5,254.4 +1 28.7
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Supervalu Inc. SVU 16 6,290.7 15 8,033.9 -1 -21.7
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Hormel Foods Corp. HRL 17 5,615.1 17 5,116.6 0 9.7
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Patterson Companies Inc. PDCO 18 4,672.0 18 4,911.5 0 -4.9
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Alliant Techsystems ATK 19 3,375.6 23 2,908.9 +4 16.0
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PepsiAmericas Inc. PAS 20 3,272.8 26 2,846.3 +6 15.0
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Donaldson Co. Inc. DCI 21 3,134.7 25 2,860.0 +4 9.6
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Pentair Inc. PNR 22 3,119.5 22 3,080.7 0 1.3
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Techne Corp. TECH 23 2,610.8 30 2,210.7 +7 18.1
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TCF Financial Corp. TCB 24 2,291.4 21 3,458.1 -3 -33.7
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Graco Inc. GGG 25 2,207.7 27 2,591.3 +2 -14.8
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Northwest Airlines Corp. NWA 26 2,151.5 107 48.9 +81 4296.8
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Valspar Corp. VAL 27 1,957.6 24 2,869.9 -3 -31.8
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The Toro Co. TTC 28 1,557.0 32 2,051.8 +4 -24.1
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ADC Telecommunications Inc. ADCT 29 1,414.6 33 1,959.6 +4 -27.8
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Polaris Industries Inc. PII 30 1,363.4 38 1,701.8 +8 -19.9
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Lawson Software Inc. LWSN 31 1,323.8 40 1,518.7 +9 -12.8
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Digital River Inc. DRIV 32 1,246.2 29 2,235.5 -3 -44.3
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Life Time Fitness Inc. LTM 33 1,232.2 34 1,897.9 +1 -35.1
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Regis Corp. RGS 34 1,213.4 35 1,817.4 +1 -33.2
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H.B. Fuller Co. FUL 35 1,182.6 39 1,650.3 +4 -28.3
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Allete Inc. ALE 36 1,179.6 42 1,433.7 +6 -17.7
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Fair Isaac Corp. FIC 37 1,051.5 31 2,198.5 -6 -52.2
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Otter Tail Corp. OTTR 38 1,045.7 47 1,013.0 +9 3.2
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American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. AMMD 39 1,024.4 41 1,512.3 +2 -32.3
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Deluxe Corp. DLX 40 987.3 37 1,709.3 -3 -42.2
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Capella Education Company CPLA 41 931.4 59 534.8 +18 74.2
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Imation Corp. IMN 42 867.2 44 1,399.7 +2 -38.0
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EV3 Inc. EVVV 43 853.4 46 1,125.1 +3 -24.2
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Entegris Inc.
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 ENTG 44 810.0 43 1,417.1 -1 -42.8
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SurModics Inc. SRDX 45 796.2 53 651.5 +8 22.2
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G&K Services Inc. GKSR 46 757.2 50 783.2 +4 -3.3
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Tennant Co. TNC 47 740.2 55 582.1 +8 27.2
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Piper Jaffray Companies PJC 49 649.1 45 1,125.6 -4 -42.3
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MTS Systems Corp. MTSC 50 569.8 52 721.7 +2 -21.1